The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-08-07

wa. long preserved in the British
navyHss "A punishment. In the
Annual Register of 1877 there Is al
account of naval officers VINO "ere
suused by mutinous crew on uoaru
his Britannia majesty 8 shlp SAM
wich. The writer calls TIA curious
ceremony. The unhappy naval oihcers
musthaye thought it SO. Ihey uo ,ne
unfortunate vic tins feet together
and their hands together anu
nut their bed ut their
back, making it fast around them, AZ
the same time adding an eighteen
poundcr bar shot to BRING them down
They aiterward make them last TO
tackle suspended from the yardarih,
and hosting them nearly up TO inc
block all at once let 20 ana drop lncin
souse into the sea, where they remain
a minute. and then are again holsteu
and let down alternately until there
are scarcely any signs of life remain
ingo When the mi ,erable victims are
ducked enough according to the
fancy of the judges they are trloeu
up by the heels that the water may
run out OF them, and then stoWeu
away in their hamln )cks. ms hinu-
ness WAS denied the four naval officers,
who. after having hung head down,
ward tor some time, were tuinDIeu
into a boat and sent ashore.
PoRTt'GU ESE AND ITALIAN CUSTOMS
The Portuguese had n custom OF
their own in crossing the line. Ii
WAS curiously tinctuted with the SUI
perstit.ons of that age. Those ON
! board who had never "cut inc equa-
tor" were compelled to give tho SAL
ors money or provision or VINE. NO
one WAS excused, mot even the "a
puchins," SAYS the missionary, Ange'
10 of Gattina, writing in 1866, "oi
whom they take beads, agnus deis or
such like things, which beng exposed
to sale, what they yield Is given to
say m asses for their souls III purga-
tory" If any one declined to gave
he was carried before forc'as'
tic tribunal by sailors haD'
tied as officers; a seaman dressed as
II Judge, in long gown, passed scn'
tence, aud the victim was straightway
hoisted to the yurdarm and ducked
l L Ills custom W uS lVA 'VbhhNo W ~
equator. "lhe same" says Angelo
sis practised in passing the straits OF
Gibrallcr and the cape oi Good Hope
The ltalion fashion was somewhat
similar. Sailors spparrellcd As judge
sat ut "A table aud'thusc who had never
before crossed were brought before
them. The Judges reproacheC
them contemptuously for darinl
to live 50 long. in the world without
passing the equator, and line then
according to their condition. Duck
ing followed refusal 10 pay, Meroll'
i'll his Voyage to Congo (l6S2) say
"From this punishment or fine nom
are exempt, aud il aid that with Tn
latter they mailtain church.
livelicr. ana certainly less crun
custom tnd in Spanish ships, i'll ia
, form OF bull fight. This was con
trived by man dressing himself uI
so as TO resemble a bull. lie tool
, care to equip himself with all ugl.
! pair of horns. Another fellow mount
ed upon two men attacked the bul
, with a spear. The humor 10y in tw
who formed horse being tict
back to back with saddle between
them, OH which sat the rider. Tn
. bull, it may be supposed, usually ha
tho best of it. am reminded here q
; n stroke of Original humor on tn
part OF some midshipman was at Sc
with. 1t is illustrative of the REFER
theory of wit. They got some hen
= coops and formc them into cockp
> aud making circle by coiIing rome
they pifted n couple of cocks Ia
y cocks. did their best to fight, but the
staggered SO oddly that they cOul
= scarce strike each other. 1t was q
% last admitted that they had been f.
, with barley soaked in rum III
=, midshipmau supposed that the spir
= would tortity the heart OF the bird
but they had overlooked them. aud TT
% creatures were too drunk 10 fight.
DRINKING AMONG MARINES
Drinking IS u sea cu-t0m not "
q dead AT least. if it is dead the fau
j. is not Jacks's. But. even though II
"a economical principles of owners he
d suffered perpetuatiun of the praci'
d Oh shipboard, question whether Il
/ most bibulous OF the present race
if sailors could carry it to the height